Yikun Chung

Korean tenor Yikun Carlos Chung graduated from the Higher School of Art (1988) and the National University (1992) in Seoul, and pursued his studies at the Verdi Conservatory of Milan (1995). He has received a number of awards from singing competitions, both in Korea and abroad (including the international contests of Toulouse, Genoa, Monte Carlo, Bilbao, and Madrid). His key stage creations have included the parts of Tebaldo (I Capuletti e i Montecchi), Ernesto (Don Pasquale), Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Romeo (Romeo et Juliette), Rodolfo (La Bohème), Alfredo (La traviata), the Duke (Rigoletto), Macduff (Macbeth), Ismael (Nabucco), Riccardo (Un ballo in maschera), Don José (Carmen), and others. He has guest appeared in Italy (Trieste, Cagliari), France (Avignon, Toulon), Monaco (Monte Carlo), Germany (Kassel), Austria (Vienna, Graz), Switzerland (Lucerne), and in other countries. Yikun Chung was named “Young Tenor of the Year 2001” by the prestigious German Opernwelt magazine.